“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

Political Quotes

On the recordJune 9, 1929
This building will be not only the largest single public structure in the city, but in its actual floor space, it is said to be the largest office building in the world.
Said by
Herbert Hoover
Republican · California
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Upon Laying the Cornerstone of the New Department of Commerce Building.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Herbert Hoover

Jun 22, 1932

It is not intended by this order to give any publicly owned lands a national-forest status which have hitherto not had such status, nor to remove any publicly owned lands from a national-forest status.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Jun 21, 1932

We must make headway against the mutual fear and friction arising out of war armament which kill human confidence throughout the world.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Jun 21, 1932

No such suggestion has ever been made by any American official.

presidency.ucsb.edu
View all Herbert Hoover quotes

Other voices in this conversation